The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-04-28


Tohfde before the storm thnt darkly lowers,
Is shown to US, who did not even know
They shiyered therefor they were hidden So
until the wind put forth itz stronger powers.
Z Is not this like some life Of sweetest rest.
Passing It's years in a most even couzde
Through sun and summers perfect, peaceful
smile;
Yet when rough trials search that quiet breast,
1t shows beneath the calm that loves vast force
Has lain there, hiding humbly, all the whilet
-An the Year Round.
WHAT WAS SHE TO HIM?
Broadway is not acheery thoroughfare
to She native after three inches Of snow
and q sudden thaw; what must ite be to q
foreigner just landed who sets out to get
Impressions Of the greatest city Of the New
ssWorldl One day was an atom among
10, 600 shutting, skipping and sliding
along the pavements, leaping the swollen
{ cutters and landing, ankle deep, In
treacherous holes covered with bits Of ice,
when I1yertook o couple whoml knew
from their dress to be 5Britons lately' ar
! rived A tall man and slender girl were
trudging along with that amiable dogged-
ness which our cousinry love to oppose
to the worst weather, their every move
ment saying, Behold, we, being English,
) care not for rain. snow or haill
They were, to be sure, well provided
7 ag,inst ordinary inclemencies Of the air,
but q glance at the sopping trousers Of tho
) gentleman and the draggled skirts Of the
lady showed that they. were not prepared
for six inches of snow water on Broadway.
Still, they went sturdily forward without q
glance at the cars that passed them and in
different to the Establishments Of cabs. I
6 fancied they were not 8 little disappointed
to find cabs over here as IN London, and
would have been glad to battle against the
Z storm unchallenged, since after all the
weather was thoroughly original. BY
the way they peered at the street lamps,
B which In our town are especially devised
to harass the hurried and weary, It was
plain they were looking for some harbor.
We were near Anity, If I remember
rightly, and just then the gentleman
I turned; hesitated, and in q marked Engz
:! Iish accent addressed me without raising
s his hat, inquiring the way to. the New
York hotel. He was an elderly man OF
civil manners and an appearance one may
@call distinguished. Bowing in Difference
to- his companion, I gave the information.
and had plenty Of time to examine face
that many would consider beautiful. For
the young lady fixed ON me eyes fine in
themselves, which we,e now wide with
that innocent curiosity which strangers
: show; toward the first specimens Of na-
stion they have come to see. II OWNED
rightly, she was busy deciding, firstly, II
=. Avn caoNnd1u rUhof
class I belonged; thirdly my age; fourthly,
whether I was s'type' or not-and SO
j ON. Yet somewhere under this pitiless
examination there was 3 sadness not a.
Z an In keeping with thu brilliant, almost
ablowsed, color Of her cheeks, whipped red
Shy the sleet that still filled the air: I re-
<ceiYed the impression of face rich In
color, noble In expressions but perhaps ex.
aggerated In the npper line Of thu noseJ
where it lifted In way between the eyes
that suggested cruelty, especially In later
Lie, after the glamor Of youth should de-
Z part and self be left behind bare Of the
charms of girlhood But as I passed on
Y it occurred to me that here. was coun-
/ stenance that would prove lucky posses-
sion to an actress, supposing its owner
s had the heart and brain to express through
! it the imaginings of poets. Then other
matters filed my mind.
AS ran into the university, where
then had chambers, my friend Raymond
Z was coming ont; he called to me to fol-
low to Larru's, on University place, If I
were not dining out Soin course Of time
I ] Joined him, finding al his table fresh
: faced young fellow with crisp, curling
Ahair, whom he introduced to me- as q law
student In. his Office. IAarru's, by the way,
was famous once for red wine, cookery
and italian opera singers-the first genu-
Inc, the second delicious and the third q
tribe greasy. One drawback was .Mme.
Larru, 8 tun: In shape, who thought 1t
necessary to the success Of her restaurant
to;yisit the tables In turn and relate to
each group the same anecdote Of an ap-
palling vulgarity and Stiffness complete.
Then she would return to the caisse and
quarrel with an ancient husband who
r1night have stepped as q notary from the
French comic stage, his vituperation
sounding shril against the grumblng
bass of the, yirago. When 1.tound the
< youth with Raymond to be English 1t re-
called my questioner on Broadway, and L
began to generaliZe on the strong race
stypes among the English; for, on e1amin-
Z ing his features, could not fail to be
struck with the certainty that some day
: those young traits would enlarge and en-
noble themselves into something very like
! the distinction of the gray haired gentle
man I had met half an hour before. /
intended to allude to the couple, but talk
3ran back and forward so quickly that
whenever it occurred to me the moment
was not apt.
They were discussing q suicide which
filed the papers just then, and can hear
yet the joyous note in the young English
mans voice when, bringing his hand
down on the table, he said:
ssWell, Raymond, If I did have to do 80
insane thing as to take my own life, I
would not choose the best carpet Of my
best friend and protector In 9 foreign land
son which to let my life blood outI'
We laughed and Raymond said:
tsPray DON'T My rooms in the tower
are gloomy enough as it is, but to have
your ghost haunting them would make
them impossible. I would close them up
and never use them again"
It TUNED out that, in order to save the
young man the cost Of lodging, Raymond,
with that open hearted generosity for
which we love him, had put his bachelor
apartments at his disposal until his friend
could make q way in the law. Raymond
was able to do this without excessive self
denial, seeing he had married recently
and occupied cozy quarters with charm
I ing little wife in the apartment house over
the way.
ssThen you are my neighbour said ].
3 shaye the companion tower, and when
warm weather comes we can smoke to-
gether behind the battlements of our big
roof and watch in sympathy the comedy
of spring unroll itself among the treetops
zof Washington square"
AT that our young man fell suddenly
thoughtful, sighed, if am not mistaken,
5 AMI murmured: 'sWhen warm weather
zcornes:''
y did not know why the faintest stir Of
shudder ran through me as he said this
to himself
Raymond and began talking of affairs
in which he had no interest, and presently
he announced that he had an early en-
egagement that evening, taking up, as he
said so The Evening Post, and glancing at
it without much interest. In moment
fels he had given start, the hand hold
ing a paper between Us and his face
lclenched convulsively; he rose and walked
unsteadily to his coat, put it on, laid
dollar by his plate, and, turning for one
aynor,ent toward MS q face ] thought